The Mangum Star. (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 17, 1898 Page: 2 of 4
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War.
•. * TOWXttJID, B
JCLAHOMA.
MAWOOM.
4tr with Great
Hid b«nn li1D art Mrs that
It 4 «""< <
who
Th* clergyman of jjun<l y
Bandar la
atraM «sr* and Sunday ij£\ flnd hlm
gulls nnrensonable. W^[nft|Jln.„
opposing (he Sunday j
- - , ttlwaaa l hat
It la Iha belief .r l()
"the people ' .re o v|t, or the Bpol|t
of the.el*11 aervle i( w Wl,uld ,blnk
•ya'em If tha pr lghl rearh a
about the di) „v#ll
different conclg^s niU tkat pU.
Iha man blind* l _.
ronage In not 4. 1W1
10 success Tlir jV*
rant* for pint* w (
flelent support* ,^gj£
often iha cas-
„ . conduct of an >n great enr r-
gencle* often r-Oiikea tnc Ingratitude
and lack of rontrol In every-day Ufa.
Nanaen'a countryman. Dr. flven Hed'.n.
after suffering from hunger and Ihlrit
for daya In unexplored Asia, found a
large pool of clear water. "I thanked
Qod drat," aaya he, "and then I felt my
pulae. I wanted 10 see the effect that
drinking would have on It. • • •
The.i I drank." Religion and aclence,
In the face of the Imperlotia demands of
tha phyalral nature thus asaerted
thalr controlling power.
goodman's patient.
b«r aprons are sollad. and her fare
BY Y. 7. snnb'trned* la alia not a prodlgyt
H. M.HIKD Ti • I certainly her fond parenia think ao.
NKH. the glfietl or „„ ^ lbam )lf pleasant play
aior and aspiring ,|,p nietl|ow> #r„t t|,e finding of th
lawyer of '.Viadom- | follr.„nvH f|ovfr
Held, waa a fortun- | Dr ,,;cjodTO,B „VMi ,he go.-
ate man. At ro.- rjpi „f wi*dom#*ld love to tell how
lie miraculously cured llelle Turner,
and the little girl la always called "Dr.
(loodman'a Patient."
an obstat le,
momus apt'lt-
the moat «"f-
1 may have
ntrary to tins
The brutality of a six-day blcyc'e
conteat In this town is condemned by
every editor In the country; but the
dear boys were kind enough to refrain
from thalr^-T^uctlvc criticisms until
It was' known which man. was the
winner. There is a good deal of hu-
man nature In their curiosity, too; an i
really, after the contest the least tire 1
of the general public were the con-
teat ants themselves. We may be gov-
erned too much; and certainly bicycl-
ing and foot-ball will go right on.
We hare tried to believe that the
year comes In under a faint rainbow
of peace. There Isn't^excessive war- | her child dying that "this strong mm
wept? The startled father seized Dr
Irgr he carried oil
the highest honor*,
although he was
not a hard student
ttuneaj attended
hlm In his profe*
■Ion •* well a* In love matter*. He
had wooed and won the moat i harming
young lady lu Wlsdomfleld, and his
only child, a girl of 6. was a perfe t
prodigy'
8he could speak French and English,
could analyse flowers, bound every
■tat* in the union and give their capl-
1 ala. She knew the population* of
the great cltlea She waa studying
grammar aud history. Such a won-
derful child!
There was but one drawback lo the
fond parents' happiness, and that w.m
In spite of all their rare and pain, th"
little girl grew delicate every day,
and seemed to be vanishing Into a
shadow I
The gossips of Wlsdomfleld said the
child could not live. "No, ah* has too
much brains to live," snd they shook
their hesds sorrowfully.
Mr. Turner determined to consult
Dr. Ooodmun. The eccentric physician
could cure any curable disease; indeed,
•o potent was this man's Influence, that
Ills nsme seemed to ha\e power to
frighten away disease! Ills patient"
declared that they felt better at the
very moment that Dr. Goodman was
sent for.
In answer to the fond parents' sum
mons. Dr. Ooodman called, and found
bis little pstlent languidly reading. He
seemed deeply moved as he took the
child's emaciated hand Into his plump,
brown palm. Mrs. Turner said, with
a proud emphasis
"Doctor, our child is not like oth?r
children."
"Humph!" exclaimed the physician
"She does not play with nor care
for children, but talks of things far
beyond her years," continued the fond
mother.
"Humph!" ejaculated Dr. Goodman
as he brushed away a tear with nis
coat sleeve.
Mrs. Turner saw the action, and
wild terror seized her heart. Was
fare such as came with the advent of
'ninety-seven. The Spaniards and the
Cubans are not killing each other, but
merely {lying of starvation and fever,
and the Greeks are as quiet as a whip-
ped and sobbing babe. The Armen-
lana are as peaceful as the grave, an<l
the Phllllpines gave out no news with
the exception of a few unimportant
Ilea. But. good gracious! there Is that
Austrian parliament.
A German paper suggests a combi-
nation of the European powers against
the Monroe doctrine, and a French pa-
per Intimates that Spain will have as-
sistance in case of a fight with the
United States with regard to Cuba. An
ard*nt desire to be mean is thus de-
veloped; but behind it Is the older
meanness that has wanted these many j
years to break up the natural protec- !
tlon against war in which every Amer- 1
lean, north, central and south, honest- 1
Ijr believes. What mischief Cuba may j
provoke cannot be predicted; but Mr. |
Blaine's ptn-American congress ought
to hare another session.
Goodman's arm, and exclaimed wild-
ly:
"Tell me. Is there no hope for my
child?"
Dr. Goodman wiped his eyes, blew
his nose, and put on his glasses, as he
said:
"Hope! Yes, if you will follow my
advice."
"We will do anything," exclaimed
both parents In one breath.
"Are you sure of that?" asked the
eccentric physician.
"Sure! Would we not die for our
dear little Belle?'-
Dr. Goodman amiled, and seemed lost
in thought, and thus soliloquized:
"Yes, they are killing her. This lit-
tle embryo woman will die just as my
A coast defence gun now In process ,
of conatructlon by the United States
government is to be a wonder in ord-
nance. An expert estimates that the j
striking energy of a projectile from !
this gun will be equal to the blow of |
a slx-thousand-ton steamer ramming
at sixteen knots' speed. To complete
the comparison, the expert adds that,
whUe a vessel in collision strikes all
along her cutwater, the damaging pow-
er of the gun Is concentrated on a cir-
cle having a diameter of sixteen
Inches. Should the gun ever be used
acalnst an enemy, the fate of a vessel
receiving the blow could not be doubt-
ful. Such a terrible engine of war Is
a peace agent of a persuasive sort.
wonrtv affects the mind.
II Uaatroy* t'ertala Urmln Calls •' Ml-
■ulnlililni Thalr Vitality.
Modern science has brought to light
nothing more curiously Interesting
th n the fart that worry can kill. More
remarkable still, It ha* been able to
determine, from recent discovering.
juat how worry doe* kill. It 1* believed
by many *rlentiata who have followed
most carefully the growth of the sci-
ence of brain disease* that score* of
deaths set down to other cau*ea are
due to worry, and that alone. The
theory I* a simple one—so aimple that
anny one can readily understand it.
Briefly put. it amount* to this: Worry
Injures beyond repair certain cell* of
the brain, and the brain, being the
nutritive center of the body, the other
organs become gradually Injured, and
when some disease of these organa, or
a combination of them, arises, death
finally ensues. Thua docs worry kill.
Insidiously, like many other diseases,
it creeps upon the brain In the form
of a single, constant, never-lost Idea,
and, as the dropping water over a per-
iod of years will wear a groove in a
stone, so does worry gradually, im-
perceptibly, but no less surely destroy
the brain cells that lead all the rest-
that are, so to speak, the commanding
officers of mental power, health and j like claws, that apparently uses the fly
motion. Worry, to make the theory still ! as a means of transportation. These
stronger, is an Irritant at certain | are not very abundant, and as they
points, which produces little harm If cling to the fly they really do very lit-
it comes at Intervals or Irregularly. | tie harm. The other is the true para-
Occasloual worrying of the system the j site, and is a most voracious blood-
brain can cope with, but the reltera- sucker. With the naked eye one may
tlon of one Idea of a disquieting sort see them clinging to their prey, bury-
tbe cells of the brain are not proof ! Ing their heads into the soft tissues of
against. It is as if the skull were laid j the fly's body. Even scientists may
bare and the surface of the brain struck j learn something from practical and ob-
llghtly with a hammer every few sec- j serving youngsters who have been
onds with mechanical precision, with I trained to keep their eyes open.
never a sign of a let-up or the failure ;
of a stroke. Just in this way does the Gold in Sea Water.
annoying idea, the maddening thought ,.\t intervals the subject of gold In
that will not be done away with, strike 1 sea water comes up, and there are new
or fall upon certain nerve cells, never ( inventions in the way of processes for
ceasing, and week by week diminish- separating the gold from the water,
scientific pointebs.
CURRENT NOTES OF DISCOV-
ERY AND INVENTION.
I* Kaamy •( Ik* rijr tiald In >•
Water A Wnterfal Ssrglral Opt ra-
tio* To Keep Ike lireikfui Hat —
A lion* AnktlMH.
A* Keernjr or III* rif.
Nt'MIIKK of art I -
iles on the subject
of tho paraall* of
the bouse fly have
appeared iu Vari-
ous Journals. A sci-
entific publication
ha* made the as-
sertion that thesi'
parasites are not
bers to reduce the number of flies To
combat this statement several house-
keeper* have glveu the results of their
observation which go to say that ns
scon ss these small creatures appear
upon the bodies of flies they begin ui
thin out quite rapidly. In ssver.il
families the advent of this enemy I*
eagerly watched for on this account.
Rvcn the children have learned to look
for Its coming and readily notice how
they gather upon the bodies of these
winged pests. One or two seem to be
csrrled about with but little inconveni-
ence, but when there are three, four
or half a dozen, as Is sometimes the
case, they simply suck the fly dry of
blood and It is found hanging to wall
paper, window shades and all object*
about the room where It ran attach It-
self. There are two sorts of Insects
thst fasten upon the ordinary house
fly. One Is a creaturo with lobster-
jacob urn wizard.
superior. The highly lensltlve photo- ' ■ ,
graphic plate will receive and record BKMA|IKABLt fino9 CREDITED
uc1 irore than the best sy. can tv.r , TO ,ND|ANA MAN.
see through the largest telescops yet
made. The natural eye will work to
the limit ot its power of vision In a
very few minutes, while tha plat* ran
lie exposed for eevrral hour* and thus
ran re\eal the raya of light coming
from atara that are too small and too
distant to be discovered by any other
known process. Dr. Payne, director of
Carleton obiervatory, Illustrates this in
a recent article in hi* magazine, Pop-
ular Astronomy, showing how, by
mean* of photography, the question 1
long In dispute among aatronomera,
whether the Merlope star of th* Plel- |
adrs cluster had about It a nebulous
veiling something like the tall of a
comet, has been definitely anawered In
the affirmative. Much more of great
Interest, but previously unknown, has
thus been clearly revealed concerning
the whole field of this cluster; and the
same Is true with regard to many other
celestial objects.
forked Slick ITedlelloa* Bald lu He
luvarlaltljr Aoearale I'ronukls Well*
Located lijr Old Mas'* Dlvlalag
m-llii I .oral M |talallou.
A tVontlrrful Hur lcal Operation.
One of the mast wonderful surgical
(Jefferson City, Ind.. heller.)
KAM1I.I All figure
on the (treet* of
ibl* city I* that of
an old, gray haired
man, with a once
powerful frame,
now bent with ag->.
and which shows
the effects of uu-
ceaslng toll. Ho is
noue other than Ja-
cob Long, the Indl-
ana oil wizard, whose phenomeunl pre-
dictions have attracted tho attention
of those who wero the first to ridicule
III* theory. Twenty year* ago, when
yet In his prime, l ng was sought alt-
er far and near. He was known, ns
a water witch and whenever a sawmill
locate oil wells h* Is th* mo.t Igaor-1 TUNNELS UNDER STREETS,
ant man In th* country, being unable aaw Mwa(I Atm ul4 wiikoai uioek-
to read or writ* and knowing lltt'e jI t„
th* outald* world.
ing the vitality of these delicate or-
ganisms, so minute that they can only
be seen under the microscope.
HOW TO PREVENT DREAMS.
is estimated that three barrels of wat-
er contain from two to four cents'
worth of gold. It would seem like an
easy matter to pump up the brine and
put It through the necessary chemical
process, but such chemicals are ex-
pensive, and the appliances for using
them are sometimes still more costly.
While It is admitted that the Klon-
dike is of little value as a gold deposit
when compared to the ocean, scientists
are forced to acknowledge that the
Klondike, with all its obstacles, is
much more easily worked tham the
Some one who claims to have
PLAYING IN THE MEADOW,
child died—just as thousands of othrfr
children die; or perhaps she may lin-
ger through life a helpless invalid.
Will they listen to me? I will make
the effort, but may get little thanas
for my pains."
The parents gazed at the physician
astonishment. Dr. Goodman
In an Important report recently
made to the Interior Department, | wjth
Agent Dew M. Wisdom, in charge of turned to them and said
the Union Indian Agency in Okla- j "You manifest a willingness to be
homa, where the five civilfied tribes guided by my advice. I know of no
art located, says: "The intruders | better way of explaining myself than
must go. The Intruders have made | by telling you a true story of a bllght-
the Indian* doubt the good faith of the | ed life. The story is so fixed in my
government and made it more difficult mind that I think of it every hour of
to treat on the more Important issues j my life. I will sketch it for you in
of allotment and the breaking up of j the shape of a tableau.
tribal autonomy in the nation to j "The curtain rises and discloses a
which the individual Indian ffelongs. P™"y picture-a young father and a
A sound public policy demands the mother and a dear little child. How-
eviction of an declared intruders, and ! h*PPy they are! The father is tea,',
any measure of expediency on the part [ h'B ee « f1 Iea?:, f,ee
of the department that temporizes j f>'es flash " the''Qf,a°'t,le "p;lll p
with th. intruder or postpones his re- a^prodigy- "" "
moval on mere technicalities is falla- 1 p
clous and misleading. Let all the ,
treaties bs enforced and all the safe-
to the Indians be up-
Slmple Remedy Advanced by a Fhysl-
rlan to Ifliarr Wholesome Sleep.
From the Washington Star: "After
a series of experiments on myself and
others." ventured an experienced phys-
ician, "I am convinced that many an-
noying dreams, which in many in-
stances rob sleep of much of Its recre-
ation and benefit, can be prevented if sea
persons will take the trouble to do so. : figured on this subject declares that
There are dreams which are produced j the ocean holds a sinking fund valued
by an overloaded stomach and Indigea- ! at something like seventy-five billion
tion. These can be prevented by not I dollars. The experimenter who finds
overloading the stomach and taUng , a cheap and easy way of extracting this
care, especially in the evening, to not ' gold will be able to snap his fingers
eat that which experience has demou- j at Klondikers while he sits by and
strated is not easily digested. A fairly | watches the sea water pouring through
filled stomach, however, is less con- j his sluices and leaving behind its rich
ducive to dreams than an absolutely deposit of precious metal. t
empty one. I think I can safely ^ay
that if those persons who are troubled To Keep tke SresktHi aot.
much with extra dreaming will wear j something entirely new in the way
extra long sleeves In their nightgowns of dining and breakfast heating trays
they will find a remedy thereby. What j are D0W on ga]e jn London, being de-
is even better than long sleeves is '.o 5igne<j to meet the breakfast or after-
put a rubber cord in the hem of the nooIl tea requirements. The idea is
sleeve, so that they will not slip up . jjeep the viands and vessels in
on the arm. The rubber cord should
not be tight enough to interfere with |
the circulation of the blood in the
arms, but tight enough to keep the !
which they are served up hot for many
hours. The heat is derived from
blocks of a material furnished with
the outfit, these being heated in an or-
ends of the sleeves well down on the binary stove and then stowed away in
a drawer in the bottom of the tray,
radiating their heat for many hours.
The tray also contains a white
enameled pan, designed to receive the
muffins and toast, so that the tardy
breakfaster may be served with extra
hot muffins and toast. These trays
rlsts. To the bachelors and others I
who cannot have their sleeves prop-1
erly arranged the same euect can be
Becured by wearing a wrislet on the j
wrist or, better yet, to pull a sock over
the hands and pin the leg of It to the I
sleeves of the nightgown. In addition
to preventing dreams this simple ar- handsomely got up, with repousse
rangement will be found extremely , guver-plated top and wrought-iron
comfortable during the cold nights of gtand, so that one makes a decidedly
the next couple of months. A little in- decorative adornment for the table,
quiry will convince anyone that those -j^e feature of the arrangement
whose wrists and forearms are uncov- l8 thati once gtarted, no further atten-
ered are annoyed most by dreams. 1
The sock used as a kind of an extended
glove will effectually stop them, but it
must be attached to the sleeve of the
nightgown, otherwise the sleeve will
work up the arm and the desired effect
lost. My remedy, in brief. Is to keep
the hand, wrist and forearm well cov-
ered."
, n was then that l.ong was called upon
performed upon a San h rBnclsco man. (Q ioe |f na(ure hgd mg(lp # prov„|on
It consists In the colling of 15 yard* for wlter By mp(l|lf of H forkeil ,tlck
of silver wire about the size of a hypo- ()no prong of wh|ch he iie|d each
dermic needle within the aorta, th* anj tj,p Bing|e prong pointing
great nrtcry leading direct from tha Upwar(j( i,ong would begin his search
heart. Three or four months ago, for n,e v<1|n 0f water. As he passed
from tho result of an Injury, there over the ve)n the fori,e(j ,tlck would
arose very grave danger of a rupture turn In his hands and point down-
of the aorta, which, of course, meant wnrd. So unerringly did Long perforift
Instant death. The physicians, there- his work that no one thought ef put-
fore, colled this wire within a distend- i|ng down a well In his vicinity unless
ed portion of the great artery, In or- the water witch was consulted.
der to partly fill it and form a clot Once, about twenty years ago, whit*
that would, it was hoped, contract the Long was searching for water, 'lis
channel to Its normnl size. Having forked peach limb performed such an-
been in place for this length of time,' tics that even the diviner was amazed,
the physicians entertain strong hopes When seeking to locate water the stick
that the desired result will be secured, always turned outward from him and
When the peculiar construction and pointed down, but only when standing
functions of the aorta are taken Into directly over the vein of water and
consideration It will be seen that this losing tLe strange power when It was
experiment was one of the boldest crossed. But on this occasion the
strokes In medical history. If it peach limb turned both Inward and
proves a complete success, a most slg- j outward and on any place within a
nal triumph in the treatment of ar-. e*eral cre tract-
terlal troubles has been achieved. Thd, phenomena was more thaa Long
I could comprehend. He studied about
it several weeks and finally went to J.
Au.huianre for liors**. | H j)owe]ij who Is now, as he was then.
The German army has adopted a new one of the mogt prominent citizens here
idear in transports for horses, to be an(| inquired what else could be found
connected with the cavalry and artil- jn the earth. Dowel!, after enumertt-
lery stables. The vehicle Is hinged jng many natural products, stated that
back of the front wheels and in prac- in some parts of the country oil and
tice the sick or disabled horse Is led gag were also found. Long then an-
In the back door and out the front, a nounced to his rural neighbors that
under their farms lay vast reservoi-s
of gas and oil. So absurd did tbls
seem that he was laughed at and sus-
picions cast upon his sanity. He tried
to Induce some of his acquaintances to
aid in proving his assertions, but with-
out success. By hard work he had se-
cured a little farm, and when con-
fronted by financial difficulties he
deeded it to a brother, who subsequ°n:-
Iy refused to deed It back. Loag nat-
urally resented this injustice and after
. . ,. a stormy interview with his brother he
feature which greatly facilitates the declded tQ tfy hjg fortunes jn another
act of loading or unloading, and also gtate He went tQ Crawford
county,
increases the comfort of the animal. : Qhlo.
During his stay there the county ex-
<>m Regaiators. | perienced an oil boom, in which Jake
For the past twenty or more years and his forked stick cut quite a figure,
the ingenuity of inventors has been Finding few who would believe in ais
exercised in the construction of gas- strange power and having no money ot
saving appliances. Most of these have his own. he gave his services for little
turned out to be dismal failures, and or nothing. He worked hard to ac-
the few that have seemed successful cumulate money to put down a well for
are objectionable in many respects, himself, but fortune was reluctant to
The one obstacle In the way of the smile upon him. He claims now io
successful regulation of gas is the de- possess the secret of a pool of oil three
posit of an adhesive gummy substance miles^ wide ^and a Httle^over^ a^mlle
that collects on the inside of the pip*s. ' ""
A CHINESE BREAKFAST.
Taken si Ik* Tea Howe I'ake and
Miscall Mada ml American rionr.
The ordinary Chine**, writs* n Am
erlcan rcaldent at Hhsnghai to th*
New York Herald, whether In city or
vlllag*, take* III* brenkfait at the tea
house or re*taurant. It conalat* al-
moat entirely of meat roll* or pat-
tla*. They *re dipped In vinegar. *oy
or a solution of red pepper, when eat-
en. Sometime* the *teamed roll*, after
they havs grown old, ar* made palata-
ble by being toaated on a grill over
a charcoal lire. Another popular dish
1* doughnut friend In oil.
Baking I* almost entirely unknown,
but thero I* a cako of the six* and
shape of an ox rib, which I* baked
by being *tuck on the Inside of a Jar-
shaped furnace, In which there Is a
hot charcoal fire. These cakes ar*
sometime* circular, but In evory case
they are roversd with the *eed* of th*
*c*ame, which add very much to the
flavor. Another vurlely I* a large,
round cake, cooked on a griddle, and
which Is divided Into quarter* when of-
fered for salo. The Mohammedan Chi-
nese make a similar cake,of which they
arc also very fond, without using any
pork fat.
For the better quality of native pas-
try aud confectionery rice flour is used,
but at the treaty ports and the cltle*
to which foreign Influence has extend-
ed many forms of sweet cake and bis-
cuit aro made of American flour. Even
for purely native varieties of rolls and
rakes the Amerlcau flour Is now pre-
ferred on account of Its whltencs* and
wholesomencss.
STATUE OF A PAINTER,
Jean Francois Millet, the painter of
th* "Anaelus" (lo name the picture
Any device sufiiciently delicate to con-
trol the current with any nicety speed-
ily becomes clogged by this gum and
is rendered worthless. Efforts have
been made to introduce some sub-
stance that would cut this gum away,
but this involved a feeder, which is
very difficult to apply without danger
of leakage. Therefore, up to date, the
gas regulator for the use of households
is not a marked success.
long in the Ohio field, which he hopes
some time to test and of which he has
From the Washington Post:
bright little boy-one of the pages of ( ^ „ neceggary and the hlat' „ B0t
Intense enough to dry up the food.
The arrangement illustrated shows
I the senate—sat at one of the senate eu
trances the other day
plates, coffee pot and serving dish,
;ter and in spirit, and then
th« Indians will make liberal conces-
sions sad accept without murmuring
that chance in condition which con-
fronts them."
"The curtain drops, only to ris- 1 trances the otner day, when a lady
again on another picture. The little j approached him with a visiting card _
girl of 4 year* is now 16. Beautif.i; in her hand. "Will you hand this to j ^,'ch we caI1 lmaglne to ^ maintaln.
Senator Blank?" she said. "I cannot."; ed deIlghtfUny warm.
replied the boy, "for all cards mu?t
be taken to the east lobby." The wo-
man was inclined to be angry" and
Hodson River Railroad Disaster.
budding, bright 16! No. pale wear
haggard 16! Her form is slender, iier
eyelid* droop. She is talented. To-
day is her graduation day; her exam-
ination was faultless; she Is crown"! a- . .. . . . , <>uu ii,u. „„ ,
with the laurel wreath. Father and struck her. and taking out her pockot-; slld'n« °f 'be ba"k on whlcb the track 1 twenty.nlne_ aDd. as these include al- <"on>Pany. although there was not an
, mother are there, proudly looking on. I book she found * 25-cent piece. With w" J*"* ,rloftf*. ^ter' has (lrawn j most all of the smokeless powder fac- #°" wc" ln « ™dlUi °' "J*™1 ^
Edward Everett Hale Mid in a lee- | They h4Ve ^ rewarded for their I it in her hand she went back to the, tbe «en,,on of Intelligent persons to | te (he advance in thlg „ne lg from there, and it wa* situated in wlld-
A Cbalnles* Bicycle.
The wheel and its various change!
and improvements is one of the most
interesting of the topics of the present
day. Just now the possibilities of the
chalnless wheel are being discussed,
and the question arises whether the
wheel of the future will be a bevel geai
or the chain with which we are so fa-
miliar. One of the objections to the
chain Is that It works loose and in sc
doing alters the pitch and causes an JACOB LONG
increased friction thereby making to]d no one the location.' While in
tfce wheel run harder. It Is claimed ohlo he learned that his prediction
that the chalnless machine will be made to a neighbor in his county 20
entirely free from this objection. yearg ago had been verified and he re-
There is albo an added advantage turned here. His predictions since
especially for ladles' wheels, in that then have been accurate and precise
the sprocket wheel and chain were and he is now beginning to enjoy the
very likely to catch the dress, many local fame he has so long sought. At
I serious accidents having occurred from the Kamer well, drilled on the Sam
this cause. Gadburg lease, a mile east of this city,
the grizzled old oil wizard said there
Variety in Eiploeire*. would be no oil, and he was right, not-
Within the past few years the num- withstanding two small oil producing
ber of explosives has increased with well ln the immediate vicinity and oil
astonishing rapidity, as also the de- m"" confidently predicted that this
mand for and the trade in these arti- Particular well would be a gusher.
cles. Twenty years ago there were 0n the Harry Carro11 farm' a miIe
nine factories turning out gun cotton and a h,lf ®f th"1 «"/• the wlzarrt
In th* course of tha Improvement* in
the *«wer*g* of Paris It w«* decided
In I HIM to construct a new main col-
lecting sewer from th* I'lac* de la
Trlnltn to lb* *lpbon which pawn*
under the Heine at Cllrhy. Tbe larg-
slse of the propo*ed *ewer, known ■
the "Collecteur de Cllchy," and the
fact that the route pa*wd under Im-
portant and much-traveled street*,
filled with *had* tree* and carrying
tramway*, caused the authorities to
heiltate about rutting a trench for lh*
conduct of the work. It wa* therefore
derided lo adopt a *y*tem of lunn I-
Ing, Willi *uch arraiigcmeut of *hlehU
lind supports as would maintain the
surface of the roadway Intact and per-
mit the entire work to lie carried 1 n
below ground, although the top of thn
sewer arch at plscoa would come
within three feet of tbe surface. In
order to *upport the aoll and the Ioa1
upon the Huperlncumbent roadway It
wa* nece**ary to adopt a metallic
shield similar to that devised by
Brunei for the construction of tho
Thames tunnel, and this shield wa*
followed by a system of movable cen-
ters or frames upon which the masonry
was constructed and supported. A*
there was no liquid muss to he en-
countered the end of tbe shlold was
left open, tiie structure really forming
an elliptical ring of plate Iron with
sharp edges, re-enforced wlih angles
and brace* and carrying six hydraulic
cylinders, by means of which It could
be forced forward. The rams of these
cylinders thrust back against the
masonry ring previously constructed
through the medluum of the metallic
centrings already mentioned, while a
horizontal bucket conveyor kept thn
space Just back of the shield free from
earth ns rapidly as the excavation
progressed. The Interior of the tunnel
was kept well lighted by electricity,
and all motive power for ventilating,
hauling, pumping, etc., was supplied
by electricity. The details were slight-
ly different in the two portions of tho
work, owing lo the different depths
■at which the tunneling was conducted,
but the general construction was prac-
tically the same.
By the use of this apparatus a sewer
of 20x16 feet was thus successfully
built for a distance of more than two
miles under one of the busiest portions
of Paris, the work progressing con-
tinuously at the rate of about six
lineal yards In twenty-four hours,
without causing the slightest obstruc-
tion to travel and without deranging
the surface paving. The contract pries
was about $200 per lineal yard, includ-
ing the construction of all the ip-
paratus.
JACQUES' STATUE OF JEAN FRAN-
COIS MILLET.
which most people knew him by). Is
not without honor In his own country.
Not long ago, at Grevllle, the village
where he was born, there was un-
veiled a statue to commemorate his
memory and his masterly works.
The statue Is from the chisel of Mil-
let's young compatriot, M. Marcel
Jacques, a sculptor who unites
strength and vigor to deep poetic feel-
ing. Shod In heavy sabots, and seated
on a knoll, the painter is represented
looking out over his native fields; he search of trouble never went begging
is not painting—he is contemplating when the judge was in the communi-
with a gaze of keen insight the scenes j ty and the same man never went in
amid which he worked so well. That j ge^ct, the second time. During his
the statue Is a good one and Is greatly term aa circuit Judge of the Hartsville
JUDCE ADJOURNED COURT.
Broke n Chair Over the Offender's Head
Then Resumed Ills I'lace.
Judge Wilson Hammock, who died at
Lebanon, Tenn., last February, was
among the most gifted men the state
ever produced, says the Glasgow (Ky.)
News. Unfortunately he became In-
volved in a quarrel during his early
manhood and took the life of a fellow-
man. Although exonerated by the
jury, the intimate friends of the judge
are inclined to the belief that his fu-
ture life was, ln a measure, controlled
by his early misfortune. However, If
a man ever lived who enjoyed a fight
that man was Judge Hammock. He
bore no malice and no marks when
an affray was ended, but a fellow In
appreciated in France, we may under-
stand from the words of M. Andre Mi-
chel, in the Journal des Debt's, who
speaks of the sculptor as follows: "I
am confident that M. Marcel Jacques,
who Is but a beginner snd has still
much to learn, will one day be a great
French sculptor."
district a wanton insult was given him
by an attorney at the bar. In an or-
derly and quiet way Judge Hammock
ordered the sheriff to adjourn court for
two minutes. Then, walking outside
the rostrum, he picked up a chair and
shattered it to pieces over the offend-
er's head. "Call the court to order,"
said he to the officer, and, resuming
his place on the bench remarked:
"Gentlemen, when any one cares to
insult this court let nothing prevent."
went away muttering. Then a thought! accident caused recently by the : and nUro compoundg. There are now located a wel' for the Manhattan Oil
tore on the
tbe dangers that menace travelers I
dent. In 1876 there was but one nltro-
c*t territory. Long not only *al1 It
th*
«« *treet* of Boston the toija and pains. Yet they gaze anx- I boy. ' H*re, my lad," she said, m s; . - „ _ , , i aent. in imo isrre was uui one nitro- A - , ,
r d«*^l-old Bo*1001" re«*rd8 j lou*ly on the form and face of their j coaxing tone here I* a quarter to "h° p"s °v" llnM, bullt ln clow £rox- 1 glycerine compound where now there wouldJbe " g?°d b^ 'Uted tho
■trftti Checker-hoard streets of | daughter, ,nd wish she had somewhat • < • Madam, " said the I imt* to d<*p wt« "T' any are nine. Neither the demand for gun de«?th t?*,oU ° ld be encoun-
_ _ daughter,
other cltle* with a contempt which is j more body
■ot to be described, while the people ..The curtmln agaln fall*, and then
of other cltle* claim that Bo*ton wa* . rlge, on the ]agt gcene In a iuxurious
laid out by the cows" home, where wealth had contributed
Wallace in predicting 1 war be-
twees the United State* and Japan vlr- -Only 23 year* h*ve passed over h=r
tnally oapressee the opinion that the head yet the drlwn haggard face hs'
little wretches hsve their fighting pow- grown „ld with suffering. Death •<•
mr st the sacrifice of their common hlg geal on tha brow of the la:
soase. crowned maiden. Good Christians
"Lear to 4* om UlachetUr than crowded around the bereaved parent?
anybody elee " wa. the motto pressed j lth coupling word* Oh. why was
■•on a collace graduate. Uvlng up to th«"- daughter taken' Their on!.
advIre was the secret of the mar- ' ch,ld- wbo had " ,ha* «*ltfc < '"id
^lous *u^em"f the faawju* American j J^T*' Too bright to live! Too much
... p.,!, th, iitr Dr Thomas hrsln-too Uttle strength. What ma--
«Mtist ■ Parts, «be we ur TMma* now ,hat ^ th„
^ T, 1 -o«t difficult problem, of Euclid'
pta wbtch 'be .laty three dec- ^ (be-, „ ,nd lh,( ^ too,u,
•ntfcMs acoorded him by Europe** ^ ^ ipQkra lumP
Tbey are silent now—happy, happy
child! A merciful Ood took ber bom'
"Do not blame me. friend*, when I
weep. Tbe vfstos of my dylag child i
to before me. I have shown you J
boy. without a moment's hesitation.
I am paid a larger salary than that
to keep cards out."
Shakespeare's Birth Dae*.
civil engineers consider It possible to
! anchor the foundations of a track so
i that it will be, to all Intents and pur-
j poses, perfectly aecure. That tbe be*t-
I laid plans are not sufficient to avert
I disaster is a self-evident fart. The
has a restaurant where a
prepared la the highest aple
7 art coal* M SO. and the
art* a tip of M cent*
Matthews la too sever* la
■sod. aad little
Belle I* playing la
asil) grasp of children searrhl
At a meeting recently in London of j cauM>fl of thew 8]jdes are, first of all
the . ' mmittee intrusted with the res-1 t|,e gteep embankment, then the con-
tortion of Stratford-on-Avon parish : tlnuous agitation of the wet mud by
church— celebrated as the "burial place j the pawing of trains. If a stick Is
^kespeare—It was decided to re-1 |hnlft iudden|y |nto , bank „
fcuMd tbe electric organ and to Improve mMI w)th |n,t.nt resistance and a
the heating apparatus of tbe nsv. , considerable amount of force i* neoes-
• w ,rk contemplated Is the relay- Mry t0 drlTe it In for any distar.ee If.
in* ot the floor of the nave, tbe pro-1 however tbe stick is gently shaken or
- on of new oak benches and repairs prf«aed. it penetrate* readily and rap-
ohimns supporting tbe arcadlng I jdjy. and a very slight pressure is s iffi-
Tbe utmost care is being exercised in | rtent to displace the mud for s
preserving all the ancient character!*- j tanrs around The shaking of tbe
tic* of 'he ediOce. On the work if res- , track by tbe moving train and the con-
tention ifi 000 has already been •*- sequent vibration which is rommunl-
pended. and an additional sum of *5. ' rated to the soft ssrth. Is precisely the
00« I* required -New York Advertiser. I condition necessary to disintegrate a
, mm4 bank. That more sorb arcMeats
r.rkapa. do not occur Is tbe result of good lark
Freddie* father bad jus. been at rug rather than good managem*-: - j. la
giiag with an old fashioned bureau aad. not safe to build a railroad on a slope
retiring disheartened from aa tissue wttb wet aiud formlag say parttoa of
cessful effort to opea oae of Its r*j>- tho fOaagation A track laid la this
partmeut* he moved to the wladiw j way I* almost corrals to slide or warp
•ad looklag oat apoa the loser lag sky isuiir or later.
It'* mi
he
gun
powder or tbe factories show any
marked Increase. Over ten thousand
persons are employed in the manufac-
ture of these explosives and an enor-
mous amount of capital is Invested in
such works.
tered and within a few inches Ihe
thickness of the oil bearing rock cr
sand. He positively state* that this
well is on the edge of a great oil pool,
which Is a little to the southeast. Tbls
wild cat well located is now making 150
barrels a day. and the same company
Rather Iaeoaalateot. ' P" 'n« ,w0 mor* W*,l, ° ad>°,n
Brown Deacon Jones is tbe most in* leases *nd other -"mpanles are he-
Inconsistent man I ever saw.
Green—Why. how's that?
Brown—You remember how loudly
he sung that old hymn I Would Not
Live Always" in church last Sunday?
Green—Ye*. I remember It.
Brown—Well. I saw him in a drug
Ing attracted to tbe field, which, it Is
believed, is destined to outrival tbe
famous Peru field. All this comes
about through tbe efforta of the oil
wizard, who waa jeered at and con-
sidered a lunstlc twenty yesr* sgo for
predicting that there waa oil wllhin
the boundaries of tbe state. The faith
dl - j Mrdi5 .,m0rnln" bUT,at * bOU" " 'stmer friends now have
of rough medicine.
Tbe poet rave* of tbe beautiful hair
That crowns hi* fair Idol's head.
And raila tbe man a pray old bear
Who Igaorea It* apiesdor* instead.
Ye*, the poet of It mske* a fad.
Its glories la verse he will group
Bat like other awrtals be * mad
If a strand of It get* Is the soap
him I* shown by their
drill aa abandoned well 100 feet deep-
er. a* directed by tbe Wizard
The Manhattan Oil Company drilled
a well on the Knot farm four miles
north of town, near the wlsard's home
lie predicted that Its production would
be graater than any well In the state.
The eoaipaay experienced great diffi-
culty la patting down the veil and
•aallv abandoned It after reaching the
regalatloa depth when It was s stress
Drill
GRAVE OF THACKERAY.
Thackeray's grave in Kensal Green
cemetery has recently been the BUbject
of some discussion. It was pointed
out In the public prints that the state! A coHeCor or Hook l'late*.
of the master's resting place was not An interesting collection of book
all that could be desired, that, indeed, I Plates is owned by Mr. Howard Sill,
"envious Ivy did around it cling," to head draughtsman at the office of a
the obscuration of the inscription. Tbe firm of architects In thjs citv. The col-
remonstrance was quickly followed by ( lection consists of 2,500 specimens—
& communicaffon stating with satis- j American, English, French and Span-
faction that the proper authorities ish, modern and antique—belonging to
have taken the hint. Thackeray's tomb j the various periods known as Jacobean,
is not very far from the main en- : Chippendale, Wreath and Ribbon, etc.
trance. The ivy which climbs over the Mr. Sill has collected many examples
railing encircling the flat stone has of the work of Dorkins, Johnson, the
been neatly trimmed and borders the Mavericks, father aud son, famous co-
slab with a broad frame of foliage. 1 lonial book-plate engravers; also some
The inscription (be it said for the ben- 1 specimens of the rare and valuable
efit of those who have never visited work of Nathaniel Hurd, a New Eng-
the spot) is, like the tomb of the ]and engraver, born in 1720, a dupli-
pialnest, simply: "William Makepeace eate of one of whose book plates owned
Thackeray, born July 18. 1811, died by Mr. Sill brought 60 in New York
Dec. 14, 1863." Below Is Inscribed: a short time ago. Mr. Sill has also one
"Anne Carmlchael Smyth, died Dec. 18,' Df the six book plates engraved by
1864, aged 72. His mother by her first pau] Revere, which is of great value
marriage.'' Further word there Is and interest. Among the colonial
none, nor is there need of any. In p|ates are those of William Byrd of
the next grave but one to the left rests westover. Bushrod Washington, John
another who. more with penfil than Randolph. William Smith, president of
with pen, as ihackeray more with William and Mary college: Charles
pen than pencil (though he could 6se Carroll, Thomas Heyward and Samuel
both), deftly delineated character- Chase, signers of the declaration of In-
John Leech. His epitaph is likewise dependence. There are also manv ex-
simple. "a name and nothing mor*;" amp|es of modern book-plate making,
| the work of French, Hopson, Spence-
i ley and other well-known modern en-
gravers.—Baltimore American.
THACKERAY'S GRAY*
Mr M right
ka la a rlaar
The mraah*
Stair Treads Made of F.ead.
Sheet lead is often Uf .'or stair
treads In place of rubber, xhere the
traffic is very extensive, but unfortu-
nately. while durable and nonslipping
either wet or dry. It has a tendenry to
"flow." or grow thin at the points , f
greatest wear. In a new article of
manufacture tbe lead is cast on a wire-
wove core and Is produced in thick-
ness approximating that of eight-
pound sheet*. By adopting this
method of manufacture all the ad-
vantage* of a secure foothold are in-
sured. and the tendency of the lead to
"flow"* or work thin Is entirely over-
come. The combination Is described
s* being more durable snd possessing
. .. an Inherent strength nnd elasticity
yet bow far from s nam, and nothing wb|rh Mttbm. th, ,tml ror, nor the
Tr*on Nd separately could poMlbly *1r*. A
lit ill *re*t#r Held for thl* article i«
. . 'B-fl1 ! for roodag purpose*, lead floor* for
The ^rr^ i. fe„r.llr .upp°«Hl to rwU^(orMV njom*. ....sine* snd
hare the monopoly of tbs power of , k nf
talking among Mrd.; bat. aa a matter
of fact, tha parrot* vole* Is decidedly I t 1 J_
laferlor to that of tbe mynah There ^°°'t out *or CO'"S
are always example, of the~ birds Is At this SClSon. Kf*P
th* la*et boas* st tho Loadoa goo r
with 1 our blood pure and
' Rich and your system
Toned *ip by taking
Hood * Sarsaparilla. Then
You vill be able to
Resist exposure to which
A debilitated system
Would quickly yield.
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